FORBES’ FIRSTERS FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

RACE 2, TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES, SIX FURLONGS, DIRT, 12:49 P.M.

MARVELOUS MARGARET (2yo bay filly, Put It Back—Port Isabel, by Time to Explode) is a half-sister to Portside, winner of this year’s Star Shoot on Polytrack at Woodbine. Their second dam, Oil Fable, produced Cara Rafaela, who in 1995 won the Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet and finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, and Abaginone, a two-time Grade 3-winning sprinter. Cara Rafaela is the dam of Bernardini, named Champion Three-Year-Old Male for 2006 after winning the Grade 1 Preakness, Grade 1 Travers, and Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Sales History: $70,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old
(one furlong in 10 4/5 seconds, video)
Owner: Flying Zee Stables
Trainer: Carlos Martin
Jockey: Ryan Curatolo

STREET DREAMS (2yo bay filly, Street Sense—Honorable Cat, by Honor Grades) is out of a mare who on turf placed in the Grade 3 Eatontown Handicap. Honorable Cat is a half-sister to Tour of the Cat, whose three grade stakes victories include a score in the Grade 2 Richter Scale Handicap, and Grade 3 What a Pleasure hero Cat on Tour. Street Dreams will attempt to become his dam’s third winner from as many foals.

Owner: McKee Stables
Trainer: Dale Romans
Jockey: David Cohen